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Internal Gearbox Advantages, Drawbacks, and Future Possibilities for Apocalypse-Ready Mountain Bikes
Why aren't gearboxes more popular than external drivetrains for mountain bikes? We asked several brands.
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MTB Drivetrain Podcast: We Weigh in on Oval Chainrings, Belt Drives, and Internal Gears
We talk about 1X vs. 2X mountain bike drivetrain configurations, gearing, and performance plus electronic shifting, oval chainrings, belt-driven drivetrains, and internally geared setups.
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3.4% of Mountain Bikers Own an Internally Geared Drivetrain Bike
As a part of our annual mountain bike gear survey, we asked questions about several fringe but potentially up-and-coming mountain bike technologies to gauge current adoption rates. For example, we found 1.2% of our readers own at least one electric bike and 1.4% are running electronic shifting (like Di2). Yet despite grabbing all the headlines and stirring raucous debate among …
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Podcast: Pretty Much Everything You Need to Know About MTB Drivetrains
Gear up, because we’re about to cover a lot of ground. In this episode, we talk about 1X vs. 2X configurations, gearing, and performance. Not only that, we talk about electronic shifting, oval chainrings, belt-driven drivetrains, and internally geared setups.
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Rolling on a Rohloff: My First Internally-Geared Test Ride
At Interbike last week I got a chance to try the Rohloff internally geared hub, called the Speedhub, for the first time, and it was an interesting experience. The test rig I rode was a Ventana Wolfram with a gorgeous sparkling orange finish and a swoopy frame–but this isn’t a review of the bike. Instead, I …
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